Correspondence, scrapbooks, journals,
diaries, photographs, memorabilia, printed materials, and other papers relating to
the Ohio family of "Fighting McCooks" that became prominent through the service of
fifteen of its sons in the Civil War. The McCooks were active in legal and military
affairs and in national and state politics in Ohio and New York. The larger part of
the collection concerns the military and political career of Anson G. McCook
(1835-1917).